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How to Build an Igloo

1949-01-01
6.7
en 11m
Documentary
This classic short film shows how to make an igloo using only snow and a knife. Two Inuit men in Canada’s Far North choose the site, cut and place snow blocks and create an entrance--a shelter completed in one-and-a-half hours. The commentary explains that the interior warmth and the wind outside cement the snow blocks firmly together. As the short winter day darkens, the two builders move their caribou sleeping robes and extra skins indoors, confident of spending a snug night in the midst of the Arctic cold!

Writer

Douglas Wilkinson

Camera Operator

Chester C. Kissick

Editor

Neil Harris

Producer

Michael Spencer

Director

Douglas Wilkinson

inuit igloo instructional

Status

Released

Countries

  • Canada

Companies

  • ONF | NFB